First Conforming HondaJet Scheduled to Fly This Summer; R&D Center Opens

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Key Takeaways:

  • Honda is assembling its first conforming HondaJet prototype at its original facility in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • Future HondaJet development and production will transition to a newly completed 400,000-square-foot R&D facility.
  • Honda anticipates delivering the first of its unique over-the-wing engine jets in 2010.
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Honda is assembling its first conforming prototype HondaJet at its original facility at Piedmont Triad Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. But future work on the project will soon move to the recently completed 400,000-square-foot research and development facility. Honda reports it still expects to deliver the first of its unique over-the-wing engine jets in 2010.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.

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